{"id":213,"date":"2021-04-18T17:41:02","date_gmt":"2021-04-18T21:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/motorsports\/?p=213"},"modified":"2022-07-18T21:09:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T01:09:36","slug":"palou-wins-indycar-opener-at-barber-grand-prix-of-alabama-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/motorsports\/2021\/04\/18\/palou-wins-indycar-opener-at-barber-grand-prix-of-alabama-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Palou wins IndyCar opener at Barber, Grand Prix of Alabama results"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alex Palou won the IndyCar season opener at Barber Motorsports Park.<\/p>\n

Pato O’Ward claimed the P1 award on Saturday for the Grand Prix of Alabama and opted to run a three stop strategy which proved to be costly as the day went on.<\/p>\n

The first incident of the race happened almost immediately after the green flag as Josef Newgarden got loose and collected Colton Herta, Ryan Hunter-Reay, and Felix Rosenqvist. Jimmie Johnson, making his IndyCar debut, would bring out the second caution on lap 10 after he spun by himself.<\/p>\n

While O’Ward made three stops, he found two stop cars driven by Alex Palou, Will Power, and Scott Dixon ahead of him in the closing laps of the race.<\/p>\n

With 10 laps to go Palou held a lead just over two seconds but second place Power had 40 seconds more of push to pass. The car of Connor Daly would prove to be a thorn in the side of Palou as Power inched closer. In the end Palou remained out front to win his first race.<\/p>\n

Jimmie Johnson, making his IndyCar debut, finished 19th on the day. The highest finishing rookie of the race was Romain Grosjean who finished 10th.<\/p>\n

Grand Prix of Alabama Results<\/h2>\n
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  1. Alex Palou<\/li>\n
  2. Will Power<\/li>\n
  3. Scott Dixon<\/li>\n
  4. Pato O’Ward<\/li>\n
  5. Sebastien Bourdais<\/li>\n
  6. Rinus VeeKay<\/li>\n
  7. Graham Rahal<\/li>\n
  8. Marcus Ericsson<\/li>\n
  9. Alexander Rossi<\/li>\n
  10. Romain Grosjean<\/li>\n
  11. Jack Harvey<\/li>\n
  12. Simon Pagenaud<\/li>\n
  13. Takuma Sato<\/li>\n
  14. Scott McLaughlin<\/li>\n
  15. Ed Jones<\/li>\n
  16. Connor Daly<\/li>\n
  17. James Hinchcliffe<\/li>\n
  18. Dalton Kellett<\/li>\n
  19. Jimmie Johnson<\/li>\n
  20. Max Chilton<\/li>\n
  21. Felix Rosenqvist<\/li>\n
  22. Colton Herta<\/li>\n
  23. Josef Newgarden<\/li>\n
  24. Ryan Hunter-Reay<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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